Shoin Junior and Senior High School
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is a Japanese high school
located in the Setagaya
ward of Tokyo
. It is affiliated with the Shoin University
. The predecessor of the school, a women's school, was founded in 1941. It was chartered as a Junior and Senior High School in 1947, and become coeducational in 2005.
Education in Japan
In Japan, education is compulsory at the elementary and lower secondary levels. Approximately 98% of all students progress to the upper secondary level, which is voluntary . Most students attend public schools through the lower secondary level, but private education is popular at the upper...
located in the Setagaya
Setagaya, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward. The ward calls itself the City of Setagaya in English...
ward of Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. It is affiliated with the Shoin University
Shoin University
*Shoin UniversitySeveral different Japanese institutions of higher learning also contain the name Shoin.*Kobe Shoin Women's University*Osaka Shoin Women's College*Shoin Higashi Junior Women's College...
. The predecessor of the school, a women's school, was founded in 1941. It was chartered as a Junior and Senior High School in 1947, and become coeducational in 2005.
History
- 1941 Shoin Women's School was established.
- 1947 Shoin Junior High School was chartered by the Ministry of Education (now, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology).
- 1948 Shoin High School was chartered by the Ministry of Education.
- 1948 Shoin Kindergarten (coeducational) was chartered by the Ministry of Education.
- 2005 Shoin Junior and High School became coeducational.
- 2008 Foreign language education program was introduced.